Obama team promotes diversity of judicial picks

Feb. 6, 2014
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President Obama / Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP

by David Jackson, USA TODAY

by David Jackson, USA TODAY

The White House is touting the diversity of President Obama's judicial nominees.

A new graphic on the White House website says that, of Obama's confirmed judicial nominees, 42% are women, 19% are African American, and 12% are Hispanics - all higher rates than those of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

"This is the first time our judicial pool has been this diverse," says the graphic.